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GaryMinor
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December 22, 2016
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Tethering with Lightroom doesn't work.

  • December 22, 2016
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I tried using Lightroom to tether my camera with but couldn’t make it work.

·         Camera is a Canon EOS 0D, firmware version 1.1.2  (latest level as of 2016-12-21)

·         Operating system is Windows 10

·         Lightroom is release 2015.8

·         Connection is USB cable

When I go to the menu and select
File/Tethered Capture/Start Tethered Capture…
the Tethered Capture Settings dialog box opens.

After I fill in the fields, and click OK, the operating bar opens, showing the camera, along with a place for shutter speed, F-Stop, and ISO. Also displayed is a large button to release the shutter.
However, none of these indicators show the corresponding values, and the shutter button doesn’t release the shutter.

I was able to use the Canon EOS utility, and that worked in all respects.

I contacted Adobe help desk and they tried to work me through the problem. The only thing that worked was restoring Lightroom to the original version. They said that this was not a known issue, and the development team would be contacted.

Do any of you use Lightroom tethering with the latest release of Lightroom?

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    Correct answer Mohit Goyal

    Hi GaryMinor,

    We don't see Canon EOS 0D listed in the list supported cameras in Lightroom, refer: A list of cameras that can be tethered to Lightroom.

    Please refer the below troubleshooting articles for fixing the tether shoot ,also the known issues in Lightroom CC 2015.8/6.8.

    Fix tethered shooting in Lightroom

    Known issues - Running Lightroom CC on macOS 10.12 Sierra

    Thanks,

    Mohit

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    Mohit Goyal
    Community Manager
    Mohit GoyalCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
    Community Manager
    December 22, 2016

    Hi GaryMinor,

    We don't see Canon EOS 0D listed in the list supported cameras in Lightroom, refer: A list of cameras that can be tethered to Lightroom.

    Please refer the below troubleshooting articles for fixing the tether shoot ,also the known issues in Lightroom CC 2015.8/6.8.

    Fix tethered shooting in Lightroom

    Known issues - Running Lightroom CC on macOS 10.12 Sierra

    Thanks,

    Mohit

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    Kevin Fort
    Participant
    March 8, 2018

    I'm having an identical problem to that described above, as follows:

    "After I fill in the fields, and click OK, the operating bar opens, showing the camera, along with a place for shutter speed, F-Stop, and ISO. Also displayed is a large button to release the shutter. However, none of these indicators show the corresponding values, and the shutter button doesn’t release the shutter."  Only difference for me is that I'm using Lightroom 3 and a Canon Rebel XT, and Mac OSX Yosemite V. 10.10.5.  According to the link, this combination of camera and version of Lightroom should be compatible.  And I do have the communication set to "PC connection" which I've seen on other forums can cause a problem when not set to this.

    Any suggestions?

    Mohit Goyal
    Community Manager
    Mohit GoyalCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    March 8, 2018

    Hi KevinFort,

    Have you tried creating a new catalog in Lightroom 3 and check if that helps? Also, please let us know the exact version of Lightroom you are using now? You can check that by going to Lightroom > help menu > system info.

    Also, check if there are any pending updates for Lightroom 3?

    Regards,

    Mohit

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